The Keep Within

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Cotter, Padraig (5 January 2017). "The Disappearance of Michael Mann's The Keep". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. The Keep Within was mostly very good. I liked the plot and I liked the characters. There’s a lot of intrigue and plotting to murder people and I love a good bit of plotting. The story is well paced and I never felt bored at all while reading it.

Liddiard, Robert. (2005) Castles in Context: Power, Symbolism, and Landscape, 1066 to 1500. Macclesfield, UK: Windgather Press. ISBN 0-9545575-2-2.

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a b Armstrong, Sam (16 December 2015). "Lost And Found: Tangerine Dream's The Keep". uDiscoverMusic. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary. The first keeps were made of timber and formed a key part of the motte-and-bailey castles that emerged in Normandy and Anjou during the 10th century; the design spread to England, and south to Italy and Sicily. As a result of the Norman invasion of 1066, use spread into Wales during the second half of the 11th century and into Ireland in the 1170s. The Anglo-Normans and French rulers began to build stone keeps during the 10th and 11th centuries; these included Norman keeps, with a square or rectangular design, and circular shell keeps. Stone keeps carried considerable political as well as military importance and could take up to a decade or more to build. Worrad has delivered a story of intrigue, magic, violence and passion that wouldn’t be out of step with a Elizabethan play. It’s an adventure of political intrigue and yet also a tragedy as the desire to be more; keep what you want or sometimes save the world will bring about people’s undoing. Worrad’s natation is third person but knows when to be dramatic; loud, wistful, and remarkably as if someone from this non-existent place was talking to us in the style of the time. The use of language is a delight to read – lyrical and has a lovely informal (on times even bawdy) style that knows when to rein it in and let the characters and action do the talking. It is a joy to read a book like this and appreciate the craft of the storytelling on display.

As a result of this evolution in meaning, the use of the term keep in historical analysis today can be problematic. [6] Contemporary medieval writers used various terms for the buildings we would today call keeps. In Latin, they are variously described as turris, turris castri or magna turris – a tower, a castle tower, or a great tower. [6] The 12th-century French came to term them a donjon, from the Latin dominarium "lordship", linking the keep and feudal authority. [7] Similarly, medieval Spanish writers called the buildings torre del homenaje, or "tower of homage". In England, donjon turned into dungeon, which initially referred to a keep, rather than to a place of imprisonment. [8] Meirion-Jones, Gwyn, Edward Impey and Michael Jones. (eds) (2002) The Seigneurial Residence in Western Europe AD c800-1600. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 978-1-84171-466-0. Having remotely sensed Molasar's presence, a mysterious stranger named Glaeken Trismegestus arrives from Axis-occupied Greece, seducing Eva and incurring Cuza's ire. The malign power of Molasar begins to affect the villagers, seemingly driving them mad. A group of soldiers fire on Glaeken and force him into a ravine, but he is shown to still be alive. Kaempffer and Woermann clash over the former's sadistic crimes; Woermann furiously denounces the Nazis, claiming that the monster hunting them is a reflection of their evil. When their conversation is suddenly interrupted by the sound of horrible screams and machine-gun fire coming from the keep's inner courtyard, Woermann is shot and killed by Kaempffer. Afterwards, Kaempffer goes to the now-silent courtyard, only to find that the entire garrison of the citadel has been slaughtered by Molasar, and that all the military vehicles parked inside have been disabled. With the production extensions and the film already having gone well over budget, Paramount refused to pay for the filming of the additional footage needed for this finale, necessitating that Mann instead opt for the simplified conclusion present in the film's theatrical cut. [15] Original director's cut [ edit ]Keep design in England began to change only towards the end of the 12th century, later than in France. [63] Wooden keeps on mottes ceased to be built across most of England by the 1150s, although they continued to be erected in Wales and along the Welsh Marches. [64] By the end of the 12th century, England and Ireland saw a handful of innovative angular or polygonal keeps built, including the keep at Orford Castle, with three rectangular, clasping towers built out from the high, circular central tower; the cross-shaped keep of Trim Castle and the famous polygonal design at Conisborough. [65] Despite these new designs, square keeps remained popular across much of England and, as late as the 1170s, square Norman great keeps were being built at Newcastle. [66] Circular keep designs similar to those in France really became popular in Britain in the Welsh Marches and Scotland for only a short period during the early 13th century. [67] Harry and Carmotta are clinging to their dreams, their lives, by threads. And, beneath all, the keep-within awaits. Anderson, William. (1980) Castles of Europe: From Charlemagne to the Renaissance. London: Ferndale. ISBN 0-905746-20-1. Climate change is the result of more than a century of unsustainable energy and land use, lifestyles and patterns of consumption and production,” said Skea. “This report shows how taking action now can move us towards a fairer, more sustainable world.”

Carmotta, the first wife of the King, has a personal vendetta against Larksdale, and she sees his trying to work the King for his own ends as a threat to her own schemes. Secretly sleeping with her cousin, who's pretending to the court that he's gay, she's become pregnant. Unfortunately, King Ean hasn't slept with her since they lost their first child, and is instead doting on his new, pregnant, wife Emmabelle. Now Carmotta has to figure out a plan to get the King to sleep with her, so that she can pass of her bastard baby as his, saving her life. Brindle, Steven and Brian Kerr. (1997) Windsor Revealed: New Light on the History of the Castle. London: English Heritage. ISBN 978-1-85074-688-1. Principal photography began in September 1982 in Wales, with an original shooting schedule of 13 weeks. [11] Filming was grueling, and once principal photography was finished, additional re-shoots were done which extended the filming for a total of 22 weeks. The film version is harder to define; it’s never explained exactly what he is and he absorbs lifeforce instead of blood, causing his victims to explode into dry husks. He originally appears as a mist with floating eyes before gradually taking shape, and while his design is striking, it looks stiff and rubbery in motion. Still, his look appears to have been an inspiration on The Incredible Hulk’s Abomination and Oscar Isaac’s Apocalypse.GENEVA, Apr 4 – In 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, but the rate of growth has slowed. Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to 1.5°C is beyond reach. However, there is increasing evidence of climate action, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today. Thompson, M. W. (1994) The Decline of the Castle. Leicester, UK: Harveys Books. ISBN 1-85422-608-8. The Keep Within tells the story of the Brintland royal family, focusing on several key individuals. The story revolves around the current King, Ean, his wives Carmotta and Emmabelle, and a couple of the King's bastard brothers, Osrin, and Harry Larksdale. Larksdale is one of our main protagonists for the book, and we follow the story from his point of view for a good portion of it. Harry has grown up with a love of the arts and story telling, and runs a well respected theatre in the city. He has plans to be more than just a theatre manager, however, and is aiming to have himself named the next Master of Arts and Revels by the King. To this end, he does his best to keep the King happy, providing him with any women he wants, and various intoxicants for the high court parties.